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C. D. PAGE.

, HARNESS MOUNTING. No. 265,699. 4 Patented 0et.10, 1882.v

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UNTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CALEB D, PAGE, OF GREELEY, COLORADO.

HARNESS-MOUNTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,699, dated October 10, 1882.

Application filed July 31, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GALEB D. PAGE, of Greeley, in the county of Weld and State of Colorado, have inv'ented certain new and useful Improvementsin Harness-lllountings 5 and 1 hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specication, in which- Figure l is a front elevation, showing my invention applied to a terret. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view ot' the same.

My invention relates to harness-mountings, and has for its object to provide a ready and easily-operated means for holding and supporting the ends of hitching-straps,folded lines, or other loose straps of harness when the harness is on the animal or when'not 'in use.

My invention consists in certain details of construction, as hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art may make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manuerin which I have carried it out.

In the drawings, for purposes of illustration, I have shown my device applied to a terret; and in the said drawings, A represents the ring of a terret, the circular portion of which terminates at a, and is sustained by a brace, B, rising from the center of the'supportingpost C.

Projecting from the ring A is an arm, D,

having a lower surface, either smooth, rough-4 ened, or4 longitudinally ribbed, as may be desired.

On the under side of the main portion of the terret-rin g or other harness-mounting, at b, are ears, to which is pi-voted the end of a curved spring clasping-bar, E, which passes through a slot, d, in the post C, and terminates in a thumb-piece and aclasping and holding piece,

loose straps connected with the harness, andavoid any necessity of their hanging about loose under the aniinals feet.

A variety of changes may be made in the shapes of the pieces or holding-arlnsDand esuch as changing the character of the holdingsurfaces to any desired configuration, or as changing the form of the thumb-piece or its widthwithout departing from the spirit of my invention, the essential element of which is a spring clasping-arim'iu `combination with the mountings of harness, for the purposes named.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The terret-ring A, provided with the brace B and projectingjaw D, in combination with the pivoted spring-operated arm E, provided with the projecting jaw e, all constructed and arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The sectional terret-rin g A, provided with the brace B, and having the jaw D, in combination with the pivoted arm E, springf, and projecting jaw e, all constructed and arranged substantially as set forth.

oALEB D. PAGE.

Witnesses:

Asa G. WHEAT, Jos. W. FELTER. 

